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- Virtually all air intake systems require an air filtering mechanism to maintain inlet air free of contaminants. This requirement is particularly true of shipboard engines and ventilation systems that operate in a salt spray environment, where moisture and salt particles impinging, for example, on fast spinning turbine blades can cause severe damage to the ship's propulsion system. In this environment, the filtering mechanism must be able to separate moisture from the inlet air, providing dry and clean air to the ship's propulsion system or ventilation system. This requirement is equally important in trains, offshore platforms, and other wet environments, among other applications.
- the composite vane having a profile capable of formation by pultrusion, for removing liquids entrained in a gas stream.
- the composite vane has a main curved section oriented generally parallel to the gas stream and curved to reorient the gas stream.
- the main curved section causes a first and a second change of direction of the gas stream.
- the composite vane also includes a first air pocket formed on a first side of the main curved section, the first air pocket sized and oriented into the gas stream where the gas stream first changes direction, and a second air pocket formed on a second side of the main curved section.
- the second air pocket is smaller than the first air pocket and sized and oriented into the gas stream where the gas stream makes the second direction change.
- FIG. 1 illustrates, in horizontal cross section, exemplary composite vanes for use in a moisture removal application
- FIG. 2 illustrates a typical application of the composite vanes of FIG. 1 ;
- FIGS. 3A and 3B are graphs showing measured pressure drop and droplet removal efficiency for the composite vanes of FIG. 1 .
- a composite vane as shown in the above figures, and as described below can be used in air intake systems such as naval applications related to propulsion system air intakes to maximize liquid droplet removal efficiency while addressing design tradeoffs related to ship stability and system maintenance.
- the composite nature of the air intake vane makes it ideal where corrosion resistance is important, where reduced weight is important, and where rigidity and strength are important.
- the herein described composite vane is inexpensive to form, compared to prior art moisture separators, is not subject to stress cracking as in prior art systems, and requires no maintenance.
- Ship stability can be defined in terms of the ship's center of buoyancy B, center of gravity G, and metacenter M. When a ship is exactly upright, these three “centers” are aligned vertically. When a ship tilts (rolls to port or starboard) the center of buoyancy B of the ship moves laterally. The point at which a vertical line through the tilted center of buoyancy crosses the line through the original, non-tilted center of buoyancy B is the metacenter M.
- the distance between the center of gravity and the metacenter is called the metacentric height, and is usually between one and two meters. This distance is also abbreviated as GM.
- the center of gravity G generally remains fixed with respect to the ship because the center of gravity G just depends upon position of the ship's mass and cargo, but the M, moves up and sideways in the opposite direction in which the ship has rolled and is no longer directly over the center of gravity G.
- the righting force on the ship is then caused by gravity pulling down on the hull, effectively acting on its center of gravity G, and the buoyancy pushing the hull upwards; effectively acting along the vertical line passing through the center of buoyancy B and the metacenter M above it.
- the metacentric height is important because the righting force is proportional to the metacentric height times the sine of the angle of heel.
- any rolling of the ship can cause the metacenter M to be displace below the center of gravity. In this condition, the ship will capsize. Accordingly, ship designers always are concerned about adding weight to a ship above its waterline because such added weight decreases the metacentric height and leads to a less stable ship.
- Any air intake system intended for shipboard applications should be designed to facilitate preventive maintenance, and in particular to address possible corrosion concerns.
- a composite vane as opposed to more traditional stainless steel or aluminum vanes, many preventive maintenance problems can be avoided.
- the disclosed composite vane falls into the class of inertial impaction separators. Inertial impact separation occurs when a gas passes through a tortuous path around vane pockets while the solid or liquid droplets tend to go in straighter paths, impacting these pockets. Once this occurs, the droplet coalesces within the vane pockets and drains away from the air.
- the composite vane weighs much less than comparable stainless steel vanes, and thus leads to a more stable ship design.
- Pultrusion Pull+extrusion
- the pultrusion process begins when racks or creels holding rolls of fiber matt or doffs of fiber roving are de-spooled and guided through a resin bath or resin impregnation system.
- the fiber may be reinforced with fiber glass, carbon, aromatic polyamide (aramid), or a mixture of these substances.
- the resin may be injected directly into a die containing the fiber.
- the resin used in pultrusion processes is usually a thermosetting resin, and can be combined with fillers, catalysts, and pigments.
- the fiber reinforcement becomes fully impregnated with the resin such that all the fiber filaments are thoroughly saturated with the resin mixture.
- the thermosetting resin may be selected from the group consisting of vinyl ester resins, epoxy resins, and combinations thereof.
- the un-cured composite material is guided through a series of tooling that helps arrange and organize the fiber into the desired shape while excess resin is squeezed out (debulked). Continuous strand mat and surface veils may be added in this step to increase structure and surface finish.
- the un-cured composite passes through a heated die.
- the die is typically made of steel, may be chromed (to reduce friction), and is kept at a constant temperature to cure the thermosetting resin.
- the material that exits the die is a cured, pultruded fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite.
- a surface veil may be applied to the FRP composite.
- Such a veil may, for example, be used to adjust (increase or decrease) surface wettability.
- the composite material is then cut to the desired length by a cut off saw, and is ready for installation.
- Re-entrainment occurs when liquid droplets accumulated on the vanes are carried off by the exiting gas. This occurs when the force exerted on the liquid droplets clinging to the vanes due to the velocity of the exiting gas, or annular velocity, exceeds the gravitational forces of the draining droplets (see FIG. 2 ).
- gas velocity through the coalescer stages gas velocity through the coalescer stages, annular velocity of gas exiting the stages, solid and liquid aerosol concentration in the inlet gas, and drainability of the coalescer.
- gas velocity can be controlled by either changing the profile and spacing of the vanes or by increasing or decreasing the number of vanes used.
- the exit velocity of the gas can be controlled by changing the spacing between the vanes. Drainage can be improved by either selecting low surface energy vane materials or by treating the vanes with a chemical or applying a material that lowers the surface energy of the vane material to a value lower than the surface tension of the liquid to be coalesced. Having a low surface energy material prevents liquid from wetting the vane material and accelerates drainage of liquids down along the vanes. The liquid coalesced on the vanes falls rapidly through the network of vanes without accumulating on the vanes where it could be re-entrained.
- FIG. 1 shows a profile of exemplary composite vanes 100 for use in an air intake application to remove moisture from combustion or ventilation air.
- Use of a FRP composite reduces weight, increases corrosion resistance, and reduces maintenance compared to the same vane profile formed using aluminum or stainless steel.
- the vanes have a width of about 5 inches, a height of about 1.75 inches, and as installed, a separation of about 1 5/16 inches at the inlet 104 and outlet 106 , which are formed by arranging two of the composite vanes 100 in parallel as shown.
- vane separation may be varied, for example to as much as approximately 1.875 inches or more.
- the separation between the vanes 100 narrows in the regions containing pockets 120 and 130 . In these regions, the separation may be about 0.75 inches.
- Vane thickness varies from about 3/16 inch to 1 ⁇ 8 inch, as shown.
- the thickness of the composite vanes 100 is determined based on considerations of rigidity in use, ease of formation by pultrusion, and minimal weight. The combination of these considerations results in the thicknesses shown in FIG. 1 .
- the vanes 100 may be any length, and typically are about 5 inches to about 144 inches long. Air passage past the vanes 100 is indicated by the arrow 101 .
- Each vane 100 comprises a main curved section 110 and the two air pockets 120 and 130 .
- the volumes of the air pockets 120 and 130 are chosen to maximize removal of liquids from the liquid-gas mixture.
- the air pockets 120 and 130 extend over the entire length of the vane 100 .
- the main curved section 110 is shown as a series of flats, the main curved section 110 may, alternatively, comprise a smooth curve having approximately the same general shape as that of the series of flats illustrated. Because the air is made to change directions rapidly when moving past the curved sections 110 of the vanes 100 , moisture entrained in the air can be removed easily.
- liquid-gas mixtures traversing the composite vanes 100 in the direction of the arrow 101 travel toward the pockets 120 and 130 , where coarse droplets are captured by the first pocket 120 and smaller droplets are captured by the second pocket 130 after acceleration through the venturi throat created by the first pocket 120 .
- the air pockets 120 and 130 also further convolute and agitate the air stream, causing additional moisture separation. Once the liquid enters the pockets 120 , 130 , the liquid is isolated from the gas stream and drains by gravity into the liquid sump. Similar to moisture separation, solid particles may be removed from the liquid-gas stream due to the abrupt changes in direction of the gas as it passes through the composite vanes 100 .
- the relationship of the composite vanes 100 shown in FIG. 1 allows an increase in the speed of the gas flowing through the vanes 100 without re-entrainment of separated fluids. Furthermore, the narrowing of the separation between composite vanes 100 that occurs in the regions containing the pockets 120 and 130 creates throats 108 . These throats 108 cause the liquid-gas mixture to accelerate, which makes removal of liquid droplets more efficient. Subsequent to flow through the throats 108 , the liquid-gas mixture is expanded, and slows, so that the velocity of the mixture at the outlet 106 is the same as that at the inlet 104 . With such construction, the vanes 100 can provide up to 90 percent removal efficiency for liquid droplets as small as 20 microns in diameter and 100 percent removal efficiency for 30 micron-diameter droplets.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a typical application of the composite vanes of FIG. 1 .
- a shipboard air inlet plenum 200 is populated with a series of the composite vanes 100 .
- Each vane 100 may be formed separately by the pultrusion process.
- Moisture entrained in the inlet air is removed at an efficiency of as much as 100 percent by passage past the vanes 100 .
- the collected moisture drops by gravity to the bottom of the plenum 200 , and may be removed.
- the ship's metacentric height is maximized.
- FIGS. 3A and 3B are graphs showing measured pressure drop (DP) and droplet removal efficiency (percentage removed), respectively, for a composite vane and different airflows.
- the curves illustrated are for a vane similar in profile to that shown in FIG. 1 , with multiple vanes spaced about 1 5/16 inches apart.
- the measured results show that the composite vanes 100 perform at least as well as comparably-shaped vanes made, for example, of extruded aluminum.
- the results shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B correspond closely to experimental results obtained using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to model the airflow.
- CFD computational fluid dynamics
- the CFD program is FLUENTTM Version 6.2, which uses the Navier-Stokes equations with K- ⁇ model of turbulence.
- the vane 100 has many other applications, including for other types of marine propulsion systems.
- the vane 100 may be used to remove condensate from vapors and absorptive liquid from treated gases.
- a surface veil and an intermediate veil can be applied. Such a surface veil may reduce radar reflectivity.
- Other surface veils may, as noted above, be used to adjust surface wettability.
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